The FIR has been registered for attempt to murder, assaulting public servant and sections of the Arms Act, police said.

Nakath Dan Barhath, additional district magistrate, who is conducting a magisterial enquiry into the shootout, said police have issued summons to the family members of the deceased and will record their statements.

“There are no eye witnesses in the case. There was only an old man in a nearby house and he, too, is unable to coherently tell us anything,” he said, adding that statements of other people connected with the shootout, will also be recorded.

According to a press note from Gangangar superintendent of police, five teams of Punjab police surrounded the house where Vicky Gounder was staying.

“Even after being repeatedly told to surrender, Gounder did not give up and kept firing at the police, injuring two policemen seriously,” the press note said.

“In the retaliatory firing by the police, Gounder and his accomplices were killed,” the note said.